Category: Art

Born in Turin some 56 years ago, Marco Pece is an italian photographer with a fascination with Lego.An art lover himself, his recent work recreates famous paintings in perfect detail, using the ubiquitous bricks. After long hours “playing” with the bricks, the final artwork is a fabulous photograph. “I love to reconstruct celebrated paintings of …

Every summer in Catalonia, Spain, teams of “Castellers” can be seen competing against each other to see who can build the highest human tower. Every catalan town has their own team or “Colla” made up of men, woman and children. Taking directions from a “Cap de colla” (Captain of the Colla), the Castellers form a …

1Inakadate’s Crop Art Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed “kodaimai” rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety. They have been drawing pictures with rice since 1993; their artworks are visible until the rice is harvested each September. …

1Banksy’s Telephone Booth To parody the decline of the famous London Telephone Booths, infamous British guerilla artist Banksy puts an axe through this one. 2Reymond’s Real Life Transformer One of the most famous works of french artist Guillaume Reymond, this series of performances, “TRANSFORMERS”, brings together different types of vehicles, gathering them according to a …

1Michel Lauzière: The Rollerblade Bottle Tune guy The Rollerblade bottle tune guy? That’s right. He makes music by rollerblading along a street with strategically placed and filled bottles. Not long ago, he sued Audi for picking up the idea in this ad; it got settled. Watch him on the following video playing Mozart’s Symphony No. …

1Black Whole Conference: made of 72 chairs The Black Whole Conference chair sculpture was made out of 72 chairs by Michel de Broin on 2006.It was part of the Québec Triennial “Nothing is Lost, Nothing is Created, Everything is Transformed” exhibition at the Musée d’Art in Montreal. 2Sound Wave: made of melted vinyl records On …

1Moaning Lisa: orgasmic electronic music Matt Ganucheau’s Moaning Lisa is quite possibly the strangest electronic music instrument ever created. Part shock art, part artificial intelligence and part musical instrument, Moaning Lisa challenges you on many levels. Ganucheau explains: “The process leading to a female orgasm is a uniquely delicate challenge for both sexes leaving it …